HEALTH

Cholera outbreak: Death toll hits 20 in Borno

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2017

At least 319 suspected cases of cholera and 20 deaths have been reported in Borno State, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Tuesday. The NCDC said the disease had currently affected six areas in the state, with Muna Garage Internally Displaced Persons Camp on the outskirts of the

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70% Spinal Cord injuries in Nigeria due to road accidents – expert

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2017

An Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Mustapha Alimi, on Tuesday says 70 per cent of traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in Nigeria is due to road accidents. Alimi, also the Head, Spine Unit, National Orthopaedic Hospital igbobi, Lagos made the disclosure in an interview , in Lagos. The surgeon spoke in commemoration of this year’s ‘Spinal Cord […]

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NEMA DG denies owing workers, says he is only verifying the inherited liabilities

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2017

The Director General, National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Maihaja, has said that he will not pay the N665m claims of workers without verification. Maihaja, in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Monday, said the agency did not owe the workers. He added that he was subjecting liabilities he inherited when he assumed duty in […]

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Edo hospitals may collapse, doctors use candles – NMA laments facilities

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2017

Edo State chapter of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has raised alarm over health facilities in the state. The state chairman of NMA, Dr Emmanuel Osaigbovo, while briefing journalists in Benin city, called for immediate restoration of health facilities, adding that doctors use candles and lanterns in hospital wards rather than electricity. He urged the state […]

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Doctors’ strike: Minister directs CMDs, NYSC members, others to fill vacuum

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2017

‎Following the industrial action embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, on Monday, the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has directed heads of federal government hospitals to ensure that all other medical doctors in the other strata are available to fill the vacuum. The resident doctors are post graduate doctors on training […]

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Diarrhea Claims Three In Kebbi

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2017

Three persons have been confirmed dead from an outbreak of diarrhea in Kardi village in Birnin Kebbi Local Government area of Kebbi State. Abdul Karin Abubakar, the Community Health Officer at the Primary Health Center in the area, said the three deaths were out of 160 patients on admission at the center. He said that […]